Bath sponge



BATH SPONGE Filed July 28, 1932 wl i Patented Nov. 7, 1933 "unirri)vs'rn'rss PATENT oi-FlqCl-iffv BATH SPONGE Y 'if Gertrude L. Smith, LoskAngeles, Calif. i

Application July Z8, 1932. SerialNo. 625,361

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a bath sponge and has for its principal object,the provision of a sponge having a pocket that is adapted to receive andhold a cake of soap so that both the sponge and soap may be convenientlyheld in one hand while in use.

A further object of my invention is, to provide a bath sponge having asoap receiving pocket `that may be easily and conveniently opened inorder to permit the insertion or removal of the cake of soap and whichpocket is eective in holding the soap in direct contact with the spongebody.

A further object of my invention is, to provide a bath sponge of thecharacter referred to that -my invention consists in certain novelfeatures or" construction and arrangements of parts that will behereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view or a bath sponge constructed in accordancewith my invention. y

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modified form of the sponge.

Fig. 4 cls a vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referringby numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates apreferred embodiment of my invention, l designates a porous cellularbody, preferably formed of sponge rubber or said body may be formed fromthe brous skeleton of the fruit of the luffa plant.

This body, in order to be conveniently handled,

` may be circular' or oval in shapeand preferably having a diameter ofiive cr six inches and a thickness of an inch more or less.

The soap receiving pocket is formed by a thin sheet 1l of rubber orrubberized fabric which overlies the back oi body and the edge oi thegreater portion of this sheet 1l is secured in any suitable manner,preferably by vulcanizing directly to the upper edge of body 10.

At one end of body 10 the corresponding end of the section 11 of thinrubber, is not secured toi said body 10, thereby providing a slot oropening 12 that permits a cake of soap to be inserted in the pocket 13between the sponge body 10 and sheet rubber section 11.

Overlying the end of section 11 that is not connected to the spongebody, is a substantially semicircular or crescent shaped section 14 ofrubber or rubberized cloth and the outerrcurved edge thereof is securedin any suitable manner, preferably by vulcanizing directly to thecorresponding edge of body 10.

VFhe inner curved edge of section 11 is preferably reenforced by meansof an integrally formed elastic bead 15. Thus the section of thinelastic material 14 overlies the open end of the pocket 13'653 andeiectually retains theV cake of soapv that is positioned in pocket 13below the covering member 1l.

In order to conveniently insert or remove the cake of soap, the elasticmember 14 may be 70?' i stretched and turned inside out downwardly overthe adjacent edge of body l0, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2,thus exposing the opening l2.

In the modied construction illustrated in Fig. 4, the covering member 16for the soap receiving 75"r pocket, is formed of thin sheet rubber orrubberized fabric having the greater portion of its edgev permanentlysecured to the upper edge of the sponge body l0, and formed in that endof the covering member 16 that is not secured to the 8'03 spcnge body,is a small .aperture 17 similar to a buttonhole that is `adapted toengage a headed stud 18 of rubber that is integrally secured to theupper edge of body 10. n

The construction just describedV provides means' 85? for closing theopening into the pocket, eliminating the use of the overlying member 14previously described and illustrated in the construction shown in Figs.1 and 2.

Where the porous cellular body 10 is formed of 9'0 material such asluia, the edges of the members l1, le and 16 may be secured to the bodyin any suitable manner, for instance, byv stitching.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a relatively simple, practicaland inexpensive bath sponge having means for conveniently holding acake'oi soap in direct Contact with the body of the sponge, therebyenabling the sponge and cake of soap to be lconveniently held in thehand while in use.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstructionof the various parts of my improved bath sponge may be madeand substituted for those herein shown and described without departingfrom the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l; The combination with a bath sponge, of a flexible sheet having aportion oi its edge secured 1`1`0` to the body of the sponge and thespace between the sponge body and iiexible sheet constituting a soapreceiving pocket.

2. The combination with a bath sponge, of a pair of sheets secured tothe body of the sponge, one of said sheets being elastic with the innerend portion of one of said sheets overlying the adjacent encl of theother sheet, and the space between the underlying sheet and the body ofthe sponge constituting a soap receiving pocket.

3. The combination with a bath sponge, comprising a one-piece bodyformed of sponge rubber,

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